Goal:

Support Access to quality behavioral health treatment and support services.

Strategy Description:

As the demand for behavioral health services increase, a multifaceted approach toward achieving the goal of access to quality behavioral health treatment and support services will be accomplished through:

• Enhanced crisis response services and community based suicide prevention,
• Supporting the expansion of accredited behavioral health providers in Garrett County, and
• Support cost-effective, coordinated and recovery oriented services to individuals incarcerated in the local detention center, community supervision programs, and juvenile services

Level of Change:

Systems

Primary Focus Area:

Behavioral Health: including Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Data Category Tag:

GCHD Behavioral Health Authority

Strategic Planning Alignment:

Estimated Implementation Date:

2017-07-01

Estimated Completion Date:

2020-12-31

Estimated Ease of Implementation:

Moderate

Estimated Cost of Implementation:

Moderate

Potential Community Benefit:

High

Health Equity:

Research:

https://www.cdc.gov/childrensmentalhealth/access.html http://www.aacap.org/App_Themes/AACAP/docs/clinical_practice_center/systems_of_care/best_principles_for_integration_of_child_psychiatry_into_the_pediatric_health_home_2012.pdf https://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/issues/mental-health-america-access-care-data https://www.thenationalcouncil.org/press-releases/new-study-reveals-lack-of-access-as-root-cause-for-mental-health-crisis-in-america/